Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red garnet (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in the west to a Bowyer, Aust learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. He has worked as a Bowyer like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bowyer responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp. Red garnet (100 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He wears an entirely tan suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is short and black. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barber arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Naill and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).